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CD Review: We Butter the Bread with Butter, “Der Tag an dem die Welt unterging”

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If there’s one way to get me to at least give your record a quick check, it’s to name your band something retarded like We Butter the Bread with Butter. Of course, stupid names like this can go either way;  it can either mean that you are totally creative and came up with this really unique moniker and music or (and in most cases) you spent way too much time coming up with a band name and forgot you needed to write some songs too. We Butter the Bread with Butter falls somewhat in both categories.

WBTBWB are billed as Electronic Deathcore, combining elements of death and grindcore with keys and programmed strings to create a sound that is part brutal, part power metal and sometimes even part dance pop.

With six tracks under three minutes and none even reaching the four-minute mark, they pack a powerful punch into a short blasts. The duo is from Germany and all the lyrics and titles are in German so I have no idea what the songs are about – but then again, I can’t understand death growls anyway. If I was listening to death and grindcore for the lyrical content I would absolutely hate this shit. Wikipedia claims that their 2008 debut was all covers of nursery rhymes. It could be the case here too – who the fuck knows? — but that would be kind of funny, I have to admit.

What I do know is what while not bad, there aren’t that many new ideas on this album. “Superföhn Bananendate” sounds exactly like something Mindless Self Indulgence would put out and I swear “Oh Mama Mach Kartoffelsalat” is simply Muse’s “Uprising” with death metal vocals. Then there’s “Der Kleine Vampir” which could be a Killers song and maybe the most dancey deathcore track I’ve ever heard. It has its moments, like “Das Ende,” which is a challenging song with time changes and strings passages, but it needs a few more of those to stand out from the crowd.

Der Tag an dem die Welt unterging (Online translation says: The Day the World Sank) should appeal to both Deathcore fans and those in the Dillinger Escape Plan camp, but outside of that, I doubt this will attract many people.

Dave Steed

Dave Steed is all about music; 80's and metal to be exact. His iPod will shuffle from Culture Club to Slayer and he won't blink an eye. He's never heard Astral Weeks but thinks "Dazzey Duks" by Duice is the bomb. It's an odd little corner of the world he lives in.

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  • http://myspace.com/luster2 nigel

    LOL, yes “Oh Mama Mach Kartoffelsalat” is Muse’s “Uprising” and if u check out their tour dates u see that they are actually playing a show with them…btw makes no sense their two completly different genre's..

    also do u listen to chris cornell(soundgarden and audioslave) because theres a german band called “Dioramic” and they have a song called “Lukewarm Remains” and i swear that late in the song he starts singing it pisses me off.

  • http://www.bastardradio.com steed

    I don't know if I've heard any Dioramic – I'll dig it up and see what I think. I listen to Chris Cornell and I've never heard this – who knows though.

    They are playing with Muse? Wow, that's going to be a weird show. I would love to see the reaction of the crowd – especially those who have no idea what they are getting into.

  • http://www.facebook.com/justlennon Lennon Quinn

    “Der Kleine Vampir” is not a “deathcore track” if anything, that song is crunkcore; it has no instruments whatsoever. But anyway, pretty solid review, dude. WBTBWB is a great for a deathcore band and huge as hell in Germany to the point where they boom with the kids in the US. Maybe we’ll eventually even see a US tour, hope so.